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Mexico's political, social, and economic landscapes have shifted in very striking ways in recent years and the country now moves cautiously forward, in the twenty-first century. Revised to address these remarkable transformations, The Course of Mexican History, now in its eleventh edition, offers a completely up-to-date, lively, and engaging survey from the pre-Columbian times to the present.

Susan M. Deeds is Professor Emeritus of History at Northern Arizona University.

Michael C. Meyer was Professor of History at the University of Arizona.

William L. Sherman was Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Maps and ChartsNew to This EditionPreface

PART I: PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICO

1. The First Mexicans2. Mesoamerica's Golden Age: The Classic Period3. Times of Trouble: Post-Classic Mexico4. The Rise of the Aztecs5. Aztec Society and Culture

PART II: COLLIDING WORLDS

6. The Spanish Invasion7. The Settlement of New Spain

PART III: LIVING IN THE VICEROYALTY

8. The Imperial System Entrenched9. The Colonial Economy10. The Colonial Church11. Colonial Society: Race, Ethnicity, Class, Gender, and Identity12. Culture and Daily Life in New Spain

PART IV: REFORM AND REACTION: THE MOVE TO INDEPENDENCE

13. The Bourbons Restructure New Spain14. Society and Stress in the Late Colonial Period15. The Wars for Independence16. The First Mexican Empire

PART V: THE TRIALS OF NATIONHOOD

17. The Early Mexican Republic18. Santa Anna, the Centralized State, and the War with the United States19. Society and Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

PART VI: LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES SEARCH FOR SOMETHING BETTER

20. The Reform and the French Intervention21. The Restored Republic: Nascent Modernization22. Society and Culture in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

PART VII: THE MODERNIZATION OF MEXICO

23. The Porfiriato: Order and Progress?24. The Costs of Modernization?25. Society and Culture during the Porfiriato

PART VIII: THE REVOLUTION OF 1910

26. Madero and the Liberal Indictment of the Porfiriato27. Revolts and Dictatorship Obstruct the Democratic Overture28. The Illusory Quest for a Better Way29. Society and Culture during the Revolutionary Years

PART IX: THE REVOLUTIONARY AFTERMATH

30. Calles: Supreme Chief of an Institutionalized Revolution31. Cárdenas and the Essence of the Revolution32. Society and Culture in the Postrevolutionary Period

PART X: DEVELOPMENT AND DISSENT UNDER A ONE-PARTY SYSTEM

33. From Revolution to Evolution34. The Lull and the Storm35. Failures of Development in the One-Party State36. Society and Culture: A New Internationalism

PART XI: CRISIS AND CHANGE IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

37. The Neoliberal State: A Path to Democracy38. The Challenges of Democratization39. Progress and Problems40. Society and Culture in an Era of Crises and Global Entanglements

Appendix: Mexican Heads of State Sources of IllustrationsIndexColor Palates Follow